| PA-11 | Polyamide 11 |
| PHMG-Cl | Polyhexamethylene guanidine hydrochloride |
| PHMG-NS | Polyhexamethylene guanidine 2-naphtalenesulfonate |
| LB | Luria Broth |
| MTT | Methylthiazolyldiphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| eDNA | Extracellular DNA |
| TE buffer | Tris-EDTA buffer |
| CFU | colony forming units |